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maize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maize has 2 senses
- maize(n = noun.plant) corn, indian corn, zea mays - tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times; Array has parts: corn, edible corn, corn cob, corncob, corn stalk, cornstalk, capitulum, ear, spike
- maize(n = noun.attribute) gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow - a strong yellow color; Array is a kind of yellow, yellowness
is a kind of cereal, cereal grass
is a member of genus zea, zea
has particulars: field corn, green corn, sugar corn, sweet corn, sweet corn plant, zea mays rugosa, zea saccharata, popcorn, zea mays everta
CIDE DICTIONARY
maize, n. [Sp. maiz. fr. mahiz or mahis, is the language of the Island of Haiti.].
A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Zea Mays ), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn, commonly called corn . Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men and animals. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
maize, n.
1 a cereal plant, Zea mays, native to N. America, yielding large grains set in rows on a cob.
2 the cobs or grains of this (see CORN(1)).
1 a cereal plant, Zea mays, native to N. America, yielding large grains set in rows on a cob.
2 the cobs or grains of this (see CORN(1)).
Etymology
F ma{iuml}s or Sp. maiz, of Carib orig.
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